Chrystia Freeland’s unexpected resignation sparks stunned reactions from all sides [Video]

Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland’s resignation from cabinet sent shock waves through Ottawa on Monday.

“Chrystia Freeland is a good friend, someone I work with very closely … This news has hit me really hard,” Transport Minister and Treasury Board President Anita Anand said on her way into a cabinet meeting.

Freeland announced her resignation in a letter written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that she posted to social media. In that letter, Freeland said Trudeau told her last week that she would be moved out of the finance portfolio and offered her a different cabinet position.

“Upon reflection, I have concluded that the only honest and viable path is for me to resign from the Cabinet,” she wrote.

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